Code
Distillery
Mannochmore
Name
A Stroll In The Garden
Producer
SMWS
Region
Speyside
Age
16 years
ABV
61.7%
Bottler Type
Independent
Category
Scotch
Flavor Profile
Deep, Rich & Dried Fruits
The whisky presents prune and armagnac notes alongside plum wine and Peshwari naan, with hothouse flowers, treacle toffee, and cough syrup. When reduced, it reveals Seville orange marmalade, old sherry, camomile tea, cinnamon swirls, and apple and rhubarb crumble.
The palate is perfumed and penetrating, offering moscatel wine, coconut, and jam teacakes with tangerines, cocoa butter, and candied walnuts. At reduced strength, briny olives and charcuterie emerge alongside oaked Rioja and chocolate raisins.
The finish is marked by ginger and cloves at full strength, transitioning to dry leather notes when the whisky is reduced.
After 13 years in ex-bourbon wood we shifted this into a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead. The result is a potent primrose path of spirituous stimulation – our noses found prune and armagnac tart, plum wine and Peshwari naan, hothouse flowers, treacle toffee and cough syrup. The palate was perfumed and penetrating, with moscatel wine, coconut and jam teacakes, tangerines, cocoa butter and candied walnuts; finishing with ginger and cloves. The reduced nose – Seville orange marmalade, old sherry, camomile tea, cinnamon swirls, and apple and rhubarb crumble. The palate gave us briny olives and charcuterie, oaked rioja and chocolate raisins, with dry leather on the finish.